While pushing out the two most creative players in the team, sorry I keep banging on about it but Souness really did what Pardew has done this season but also had a very public falling out with Bellamy and Robert and shifting them for practically nothing. He also never achieved anything like what Pardew did in his first full season*. Those two would walk into our side now and be our two best players by some distance imo.
*Just to re-iterate, I am gutted he hasn't been sacked because I think he has one game plan that has failed and has shown too often he has no balls/no way of getting results without it. I just think Souness was worse by some distance.
Thing that's pretty balanced.